1 John 4:10
In this is love; it was not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
11My beloved, if God hath so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Cross References
John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, should not perish, but should have life eternal.
Romans 3:25whom God hath preconstituted a propitiation, by faith in his blood, because of our sins, which we before committed,
Romans 8:29And he knew them, previously; and he sealed them with the likeness of the image of his Son; that He might be the first-born of many brothers.
Ephesians 2:4But God who is rich in his mercies, because of the great love with which he loved us,
1 Peter 2:24And he took away all our sins, and, in his body, lifted them to the cross; that we, when dead to sin, might live by his righteousness: for by his wounds, ye are healed.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:8-14
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one… Read the whole commentary →